Taiwo Owatemi’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour

Taiwo Owatemi MP in Parliament

Topical Questions

Women and Equalities

Taiwo Owatemi made a speech in the House of Commons

Next month, this Government will cut the £20 uplift to universal credit. However, this summer, a staggering seven in 10 UC claimants seeking support from the StepChange Debt Charity were...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is completely unfair that a graduate nurse who works a night shift as an Uber driver now faces a £12,500 tax hike over their working life due to this...

Pharmacy: Pay

Department of Health and Social Care

Taiwo Owatemi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide English pharmacists with a bonus payment on a similar basis to those provided by the Welsh Government to...

Real Fur Sales

Westminster Hall debates

I am hoping the Minister will be able to answer that. We all hope that the Government will be able to provide some clarity on when they hope to ban the sale of fur. Fur is regularly imported from...

Real Fur Sales

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you, Ms Rees. I am grateful to be able to speak in this important debate, although I am frustrated that we need it in the first place. In April, I introduced a Bill to the House that called...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you, Mr Mundell. I thank everyone for participating in such an important debate. What we have heard reflects how difficult it has been to strike a balance between achieving high-speed rail...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for raising such an important point, which I will come on to. I am deeply concerned about the environmental destruction that this project is causing to ancient woodland...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I am happy to, but this is the last time I will give way.

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you, Mr Mundell.

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Due to the time constraints, I will proceed quickly and then I will give way later on. As I was saying, there are no guarantees that the cost of this project will not continue to rise and I am...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you, Mr Mundell, and I will try not to take any more interventions. The benefits that I have just outlined are dependent on the Government following through on the entire project. As was...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I will, but I will have to continue my speech very shortly.

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for raising such an important point. HS2 has caused financial restraints for many people whose life it has impacted—

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

That is a commitment that I am coming on to and I will ask the Minister to provide more information on that.

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

That is a contentious point. HS2 would emit seven times less carbon than the equivalent car journey. I would, however, ask the Government whether they plan to adjust that calibration in light of...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I hope the Minister will be able to provide an explanation to the question asked.

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. I know he is a champion for his constituents in Northern Ireland. There are many reasons to be vocal about the benefits of HS2 if it is built as...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. I will come on to connectivity later in my speech. However, I have my own reservations about HS2. As somebody whose constituency contains...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for raising such an important point, which I will come to. I have been wrestling with whether the cost of HS2, both economically and environmentally, outweighs its...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 563380, relating to HS2. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. The petition that we are debating is entitled...